Fleet Logistics partners with AlertDriving to offer online driver training and risk assessment Europe s largest independent fleet management provider, Fleet Logistics, has entered into a strategic partnership with North America-based AlertDriving to offer a range of online driver training and risk assessment services for fleet operators of all sizes. Fleet Logistics, which has around 180,000 vehicles under management across 26 countries, ultimately partnered with AlertDriving due to its global training coverage, having reached more than two million drivers in over 100 languages, and following recommendations from existing users, including fleet customers. The move has been driven by a desire to help Fleet Logistics clients meet their duty of care obligations to their drivers, as well as improving driver safety and ultimately reducing fleet spend through lower repair and accident management costs. The new e-learning initiative has four key objectives: to reduce collisions, to reduce personal injuries, to reduce operating costs and to reduce liability exposure. Toronto-based AlertDriving pioneered online driver risk management in North America and has since expanded to more than 70 countries across the world primarily through its trademark FleetDefense SM suite of driver training solutions, which test drivers for dangerous behaviours and attitudes. The results provide fleet managers and other company decision-makers with behavior-based metrics and standardized risk reporting to help monitor their overall fleet risk exposure, and to identify areas in which remedial intervention needs to be taken to improve driving standards. Over 30 high-impact driver training modules will be offered through the new partnership, with courses on eco-driving, lane discipline, winter driving, safer parking, reversing, and much
more. AlertDriving s broad courseware library - the largest in the driver risk management industry - will enable fleet customers to decide what level and frequency of testing is appropriate for their fleet. Since the program is available to any driver connected to the internet, users can simply log onto a dedicated portal customized for their country and language, and start training whenever they want. For example, German drivers will be able to see online assessments using road conditions typical to Germany, with German road signs and speed limits. Fleet managers will be able to identify those drivers which pass the online risk assessment tasks and limit those that fail from ordering new cars, until they have reached a satisfactory standard of achievement. This approach will be made available in all of the countries that Fleet Logistics currently operates in throughout Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific. The company is currently working on the implementation of the new solution following pilot testing with a number of selected fleets, before a wider roll-out to all clients later this autumn. Thorsten Bertram, Fleet Logistics Group Director of International Customer Relations, who has been leading the project, said that the new driver risk management solutions would help companies meet their duty of care obligations to their drivers by identifying those most at risk based on their driving behavior. This new initiative is very much in line with the mission statement of our parent, TÜV SÜD, which is to create increased safety and added economic value through the optimization of technology, systems and expertise. page 2
We are thrilled to be able to provide our customers, both existing and new, with this addedvalue service that will help them improve driver safety through the identification of adverse driver behaviors. The new suite of solutions will be available in the coming months and will be customised to meet the needs of fleet decision-makers in their local markets. It will go a long way to helping companies meet their duty of care requirements, he said. Rob Martin, Vice President of Sales at AlertDriving, commented: Available in over 100 languages, FleetDefense SM will support the expansion of Fleet Logistics car fleet and driver management tools to more markets - all from one simple, centrally managed location. Since FleetDefense SM training is localized for 90% of the world, it can help standardize the risk reporting process where gaps appear in accident and violation data. As any manager knows, a driver s decision-making process is difficult to capture with data. Standardized driver testing shines much-needed transparency. When scores dip, fleet managers can easily assign courses to any business unit or region showing increased risk to address the situation. Ends Notes to editors About AlertDriving With 2.3 million drivers trained, AlertDriving has helped more global fleets than any other vendor to identify, mitigate and monitor their risk exposure. FleetDefense SM, the company s driver risk management suite, combines training in over 100 languages with built-in metrics giving fleets standardized risk reporting anywhere in the world. page 3
For further information, contact Scott Lees, Director, Global Channels & Alliances at Scott.Lees@AlertDriving.com; or visit http://www.alertdriving.com/home/fleet-risk-managementsoftware-resellers/program-overview. About Fleet Logistics Fleet Logistics currently manages a vehicle fleet of around 180,000 vehicles with a related cost base of around 2.5 billion on behalf of leading multi-national corporations. The company was acquired by TÜV SÜD in September 2012, the leading international technical service organization catering to the industry, mobility and certification segment. Its experts and technology consultants are dedicated partners in their clients' processes, offering comprehensive industry expertise throughout the entire value chain. They focus their services on their core competencies of consulting, testing, certification and training. Over 19,000 employees are committed to optimizing technology, systems and know-how at over 800 locations in Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific and Africa. Further information is available at www.tuevsued.de. The Fleet Logistics group currently has operations in: Austria, Vienna Belgium, Vilvoorde France, Paris Finland, Helsinki Germany, Mainz, Düsseldorf, and Münich Hungary, Budapest Czech Republic, Prague Italy, Milan Netherlands, Oosterhout Poland, Warsaw Portugal, Lisbon Romania, Bucharest Russia, Moscow and St. Petersburg Spain, Madrid and Barcelona Sweden, Malmö Switzerland, Baden United Kingdom, Birmingham. Fleet Logistics has strengthened its geographical coverage to include the Baltic region -Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - by creating consulting partnership agreements. Fleet Logistics has emerged in Europe as a unique, knowledge-based fleet organisation, offering expert and impartial advising and management services, ranging from fleet solutions (fleet cost, policy and practices benchmarking) to strategic procurement (supplier tendering, negotiation and selection) and ongoing supplier monitoring (continuing control on overall costs, suppliers' pricing, and service quality). Fleet Logistics support services enable clients to reduce costs, simplify administration, and achieve maximum effectiveness for their policies and operations. page 4
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